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Hi everyone!!

I really need your help to identify if the pictures below are weeds or not? As you can probably tell I am a newbie at gardening and have no knowledge or experince of maintaing a flower bed.
We just bought a house in NJ that comes with a huge lawn and plant bed. I have added a link to pictures if the attached pictures do not show. I don't want to start ripping up flowers so please help!!!! Thanks!!!

Pictures of our plant beds



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i'm not sure about any of them except picture 7. it is in the allium family, aka ornamental onion. it looks like you took that picture either right before full bloom or after the bloom started to go to seed. i'd call it a keeper. they are beautiful and easy care.

#2 Looks like joe pye weed I pull that here,, I don't like it,, it does bloom tho,
#7 ALLIUM Keeper..!
#8 Iris Keeper!
#12 A very very Nice grouping of Hosta' You also have veriagated hosta there ( BOTH green and white/cream on the leaves) Keep them! You may have A bleeding heart bush/ or vine behind them I can't tell

Who ever planted the gardens there knew what they were doing I bet it looked really nice!,,
Since you have just moved in,, I would wait until the season is over see what blooms even into the fall. take pictures of every section, and every bloom, Some of those plants may have already gone to seed,, IF some are flowering take good pictures of the bloom close up and of the leaves close up, if possible . They can be identified better and you can choose to keep or not,,
Some of what I saw was just over grown weeds between and among some groupings. You really want to pull weeds before they self seed,, or even more work next year. But for the most part you already have lovely established gardens there both in shade and full sun,, lucky you
IF you have any way to get in touch with the previous owners maybe they would be willing to tell you about what is there and where.

* When I first moved in my house I waited 1 full year before I began My own gardens ( except for areas where I knew there wasn't anything) Because I wanted to see what came up and what would bloom that was already up,

6 is delphinium
8 is iris of some sort
9 possibly a lily
12 looks like hostas in front
And all the little white flowers may be babies breath.

1 may be geraniums with other things intermixed (iris and lilies)
Same with 3, I think.

Thank you so much Angelblossom, Jiffymouse, Jonni13.....you all are awesome!! And I thought I had a plant bed full of weeds!!!!

Unfortunately, we are not in touch with the old owners...which maybe better for them with our newbie status :)

I have a quick question though...do you think in Picture 8 and 9 below there is grass mixed in with the flowers? Do I need to do anything there?
Thanks againg for all the help.





















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